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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 3899068, member: 2844&quot;]First is the Empire style, which overhere is the French style during the reign of Napoleon, a style inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome. Roughly Regency in the UK.</p><p>Napoleon&#039;s brother, Louis Napoleon, was our first king, and the best one we ever had. He was totally different from his brother.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bourgeois influence is the result of a growing middle class, which was called the bourgeoisie. Bourgeoisie means citizens, as opposed to the aristocracy.</p><p>The middle classes earned their own money, and with their growing numbers their influence increased, which in turn led to an increased influence on fashions and taste.</p><p>To them the Classicist style of the Empire was related to royalty, and it looked martial, military. After years of war on the Continent, people longed for a warm and nurturing environment.</p><p>The Dutch middle classes especially, didn&#039;t want to be reminded of royal power in their own lives and homes. The Netherlands was the first modern republic (long before Louis Napoleon was appointed), so a strong middle class has been part of Dutch culture for centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Biedermeier, ca 1815-mid 19th century. The rise of the bourgeoisie, and the longing for warmth instead of war, led to a new style, not just in the Netherlands but throughout the Western world. Shapes were more rounded, pleasing even for a layperson&#039;s eye, and inviting in the home. Some shapes were reminiscent of Rococo, but not over the top.</p><p>The generally accepted term for that new style has come to be the German word Biedermeier. Biedermeier is German for someone plays it safe, likes things the way they are, even stiflingly conservative. Obviously most people didn&#039;t see it that way at the time.</p><p>I suspect the term was introduced by an elitist art critic, but I could be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imo your bottle is late Empire, when rounder shapes were beginning to replace the more austere Classical Greek and Roman inspired look.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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